Training Programme on Post Disaster Needs Assessment Venue: NIDM Southern Campus, APHRDI, Bapatla Andhra Pradesh Report NIDM conducted the programme on Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) at its Southern Campus on May 1-3, 2019 at its campus housed at APHRDI Bapatla Andhra Pradesh. About 81 participants (List attached) from various line departments such as Revenue, Agriculture, PWD, PHED, Horticulture, Local Government and Education and states of Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya, Kerala, Odisha and Karnataka attended the programme. Programme Objectives The programme has been designed with the objective to sensitize officials about the new PDNA tools and the engage them in the process of computing. Programme details At the outset, Dr. ISN Raju, Sr. Project Manager CSD, APHRDI welcomed the participants and gave a brief about the Institute and also its association with NIDM. Then Shri Shekher Chaturvedi, Asstt. Prof. NIDM welcomed the dignitaries and participants. He then briefed the participants about the contents to be covered during the programme. He said that NIDM, jointly with Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre, Bangkok, has developed customized scientific PDNA tools for the assessment of the impact of disasters under the World Bank assisted National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project. He also explained the objectives of the programme. Shri Ram Murthy, Project (DM), APHRDI in his address explained the hazards prevalent in Andhra Pradesh and shared his experiences of encountering disasters during his tenure as Engineer-in-Chief for Government of Andhra Pradesh. Then Prof. Santosh Kumar, NIDM, tanked APHRDI for providing support to NIDM Southern Campus not only in its establishment but also in conduct of programmes. He then explained that the PDNA tool developed by NIDM would help in identifying needs for long-term disaster recovery. He said that in order to get the comments and valuable inputs of Central Ministries, State Governments and UT administration, the PDNA tool, after the completion of the study, was circulated to them. He said that the existing mechanism for assessment of damage and needs, prevailing in the country is of adhoc nature and at times is not accepted by donor agencies. The new mechanism is a value addition on the existing mechanism in case of emergencies. He also explained the objective of the tool developed by NIDM. The objective of the PDNA tools is to establish a standardized mechanism based on scientific approach for conducting post disaster needs assessment for recovery and reconstruction. The newly developed tools are based on the existing damage assessment system in India and an internationally-accepted methodology which has been used worldwide and adopted by the United Nations Development Group (UNDG), the European Union (EU) and the World Bank (WB) which signed a joint declaration in 2008 on Post-Crisis Assessments and Recovery Planning. The first session was dedicated to exposing the participants to concepts and institutional mechanism of disaster in India. Then Prof. Santosh Kumar explained the participants about the basis of developing the tool and its methodology. The tools (Handbook, Manual and SoP) were developed on the basis of an analysis of existing System in India with recommendations derived from best international practices. The current version is completely customized to Indian conditions, which will enable the comprehensive and scientific assessment of recovery and reconstruction needs on the basis of a thorough analysis of disaster effects and impacts. The tool incorporates the physical, socio-economic and environmental aspects and helps in achieving a prompt and all-inclusive recovery as well as disaster-resilient reconstruction that involves reduction of disaster risk. This methodology should not be seen as a replacement or substitute for the existing approach which States use for the development of the Relief Memorandum. It should be noted that the methodology treats with a separate and additional area of disaster management which is recovery and reconstruction following a disaster while building resilience to future events. This analysis, conducted in light of current international practices, reveals that the existing system in India may be described as relief-centered. While the existing system is efficient in defining the amounts of relief assistance to be provided to affected population in accordance to previously defined criteria and enables the prompt disbursing of assistance to disaster-affected people. It does not enable the comprehensive and systematic estimation of overall disaster impact, the scientific estimation of recovery and reconstruction needs and the estimation of financial requirements for such purpose. The data collected for such response assessments is insufficient to enable a full and scientific analysis of the consequences of the disaster on living conditions, quality of life and on the socio-economic development of those who are affected. As a result, recovery is left almost exclusively to the initiative and the capacity of each affected person and takes an unnecessarily long time, thus frustrating people´s aspirations and delaying their return to normal levels of wellbeing. In addition, the amounts of response assistance are clearly insufficient for affected families to enable them to rebuild their destroyed assets; in the absence of other sources of capital for reconstruction, people resort to rebuild their homes and other assets applying lower standards of quality and using inadequate construction materials and disaster risk, rather than being reduced, is increased after disasters. During the programme, participants were also guided through how the estimation/ assessment is done in various sectors such as Power, Agriculture, etc. through exercises. Group Photo List of participants Sl. Name Designation Department Email Address Phone State No. number 1. Shri Ram Project APHRDI APHRDI Regional Andhra Murthy Director Centre, Pradesh (DM) & Vishakhapatnam Director 2. Mr. Deputy Agriculture agrirajasin O/O Joint Director 9842882 Tamil Nadu Rajasingh. Director of gh@gmail Of Agriculture 576 N.A.M. Agriculture .com 3. Mr. Deputy Agriculture vennelava Office of the Joint 9443266 Tamil Nadu K.Vasu Babu Director Of su@yahoo Director of 346 Agriculture .com Agriculture, (GOI Ramanathapuram Schemes) 4. Mr. Deputy Agriculture murugesa O/O Joint Director 9865976 Tamil Nadu Murugesan.M Director nagri85@ Agriculture, 963 Agriculture gmail.com Nagercoil Kanyakumari. 5. Mr. Sub Inspector Police syedmeera Pamur Police 9912280 Andhra Syed of Police saheb09@ Station Pamur 157 Pradesh Meerasaheb gmail.com Prakasam 6. Mr. AAO Agriculture clicktopra O/O DDA 9438536 Odisha Prakash ch. kash2014 Subarnapur 303 Pani @gmail.c om 7. Mr. Sub Inspector Police Shanmukh Police Training 8330940 Andhra K. Srinivasarao of Police 568@gma College 971 Pradesh l.com Vizianagaram 8. Mr. Sub Inspector Police shanmukh PTC Vizianagaram 7013876 Andhra S. of Police 568@gma 244 Pradesh Shanmukharao il.com 9. Mr. CLI Police rvgopal13 PTC,Vizianagaram 8985126 Andhra R.Venugopal 89@gmail 109 Pradesh .com 10. Mr. District Revenue and lyngchian Office of the 7005602 Meghalaya Ebormi S Disaster Disaster gbormi@g Deputy 113 Langshiang Management Management mail.com Commissioner Officer Department West Jaintia Hills District, Meghalaya 11. Mr. District Revenue and adposwgh Dist- South West 9612579 Meghalaya Debojit Koch Disaster Disaster @gmail.c Garo Hills 360 Management Management om Officer 12. Mr. District Revenue and donborlan East Garo Hills 9862011 Meghalaya Donborlang Disaster Disaster gchyne@g District, Meghalaya 303 Chyne Management Management mail.com Officer Department 13. Mr. Deputy Panchayat ddpkzd@ O/O Deputy 9495090 Kerala Muhammed Director Of Department, gmail.com Director Of 036 Chemmala Panchayat Kerala state Panchayat ,Civil Station Kozhikode 14. Mr. Senior Panchayat parambil O/O DDP 9497302 Kerala Muraleedharan Superintenda Department murali@g Kozhikode, Civil 929 c nt mail.com Station Kozhikode 15. Mr. Junior Panchayat , rajeshtp39 Civil Station 9495760 Kerala Rajesh T P Superintenda Kerala @gmail.c Kozhikode 730 nt om 16. Mr. Health Health pgs.heo.k District Medical & 8519969 Andhra Puchakayala Education Medical and dp@gmail Family Welfare 123 Pradesh Gunasekar Officer Family .com Office. Kadapa Welfare 17. Mr. Individual Disaster nrao.madd H.No:5-6-74, Near 8466895 Telangana M.N.Rao Consultant Management isetty@g NIRD Office Main 028 mail.com Gate, Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad 18. Mr. Deputy Revenue Dept. bhalluhrus Srikakulam 9603453 Andhra Bhallu Tahsildar hikesh@g 973 Pradesh Hemasundara mail.com Rao 19. Mr. Deputy Housing Dept seshaiah.d Near MDO Office 7093930 Andhra J Seshaiah Executive yee@gmai Palasa Srikakulam 206 Pradesh Engineer l.com 20. Mr. Inspector Of Police venu1248 Police Training 8374193 Andhra B.Venugopal Police kur@gmai College, 781 Pradesh l.com Kalyanidam, Tirupati 21. Ms. Supervisor Women and csaritha55 ICDS Kadapa 9494446 Andhra C. Saritha Devi Child Welfare @gmail.c Rural Project Balaji 257 Pradesh Dept. om Nagar Kadapa 22. Mr. Sub Inspector Police venkat.sik Police Training 9440904 Andhra K of Police pm@gmai College, 565 Pradesh Venkatachinna l.com Kalyanidam, Tirupati 23. Ms. ICDS Women and saradavan ICDS Project 9490871 Andhra V Sarada Devi Supervisor Child Welfare kara@gm Prodhutur Rural 428 Pradesh ail.com Kadapa 24. Dr. Civil Assi. Medical and drcsbabu Ramavarpadu 9704128 Andhra C Sudarsan Surgeon Health @gmail.c Vijayawada 498 Pradesh Babu om Krishna 25.